El Cajon police seek armed robber

El Cajon police are looking for a gunman in his 20s who robbed one fast-food restaurant Monday night and tried to rob another on Wednesday.

He struck first at a Subway sandwich shop on West Main Street at North Sunshine Avenue about 11 p.m. Monday, police Lt. Frank La Haye said. The robber displayed a pistol and was given some cash.

El Cajon police say this man robbed a Subway and tried to rob a Rally's this week.

/ Courtesy of El Cajon police

El Cajon police say this man robbed a Subway and tried to rob a Rally's this week.

El Cajon police say this man robbed a Subway and tried to rob a Rally's this week. (/ Courtesy of El Cajon police)

A man of the same description brandished a handgun at Rally’s Hamburgers on East Main Street, near South Second Street, about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday but was not given any money, La Haye said. La Haye said the man walked up to the drive-through window and demanded money, so the employees just locked the front door, retreated from the window and called police.

Witnesses described the robber as black or Asian, in his early 20s, 5 feet 8 inches tall and 150 pounds. He wore dark pants and either one black jacket with a gray hood and sleeves, or one jacket layered over another.